The purpose of theThe Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition is twofold: (1) to increase the awareness of wellness and fitness issues for active females and their family members; and (2) to provide an avenue for medical practitioners, allied health professionals, health educators, and certified individuals in sports medicine to gain critical, updated knowledge of a field specific to active females. Part I of the book offers a foundation to help the reader understand the interrelationship among body image concerns, the female reproductive cycle, and musculoskeletal anatomy/physiology of females that makes their health risks and concerns unique. Reproductive health is discussed by a prominent researcher in reproduction/endocrinology. An overview of theFemale Athlete Triad which is a syndrome of three interrelated conditions (isordered eating, menstrual disturbances and bone loss) is presented in Part II. Physicians and certified professionals in sports medicine discuss the individual components of the triad, relating not only to the athletic female but also to the recreationally active woman throughout the lifespan. In Part III, Prevention and management of common musculoskeletal injuries is addressed by a female orthopedic surgeon who sub-specializes in treating female athletes. Finally, appropriate exercise and nutritional guidelines for active females are discussed in Parts IV-V of the book by certified professionals and licensed physicians in sports medicine. An invaluable addition to the literature,The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition will be of great interest to physicians, allied health care practitioners, medical/other wellness educators, and students who are interested in advancing women's health issues. Sports medicine specialists, familypractitioners, gynecologists, team physicians, residents in sports medicine, athletic trainers, health educators, nurses, physicians assistants, physical therapists, sport psychologists, counselors, athletic trainers, and other members of the sports medicine team should also find this title of significant interest.
Part I- Focusing on Active Females Health Issues: Unique Gender Related Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females
Chapter 1. Body Image Concerns Throughout the Lifespan
Jacalyn J. McComb and Marilyn Massey-Stokes
Chapter 2. Reproductive Changes in the Female Lifespan
Reid L. Norman
Chapter 3. Considerations of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Phillip S. Sizer and C. Roger James
Chapter 4. The Human Menstrual Cycle
Reid L. Norman
Chapter 5. Abnormal Menstrual Cycles
Reid L. Norman
Chapter 6. Nutritional, Physical, and Psychological Stress and Functional Amenorrhea
Reid L. Norman and Melissa R. Inigo
Chapter7. Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Acquisition of Peak Bone Mass
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling
Part II Disordered Eating Issues in the Active Female
Chapter 8. Menstrual Dysfunction Screening and Management for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Jennifer J. Mitchell
Chapter 9. Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: a global perspective.
Ascension Blanco Fernandez, Maria Fernandez del Valle, Marta Montil Jimenez, and Maesy Indigo
Chapter 10. Disordered Eating Issues in Active Children& Adolescence
María Fernández del Valle, Marta Montil Jiménez, and Lesley Carraway
Chapter 11. The Physiology of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Kembra D. Albracht, and Annette Gary
Chapter 12. The Female Athletic Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Andrew Cisneros
Chapter 13. Screening for Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders in Female Athletes
Jennifer J. Mitchell and Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb
Chapter 14. Evidence Based Disordered Eating Prevention Programs for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Anna M. Tacón
Part III Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Active Females
Chapter15. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Female Athletes
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling
Chapter16. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Adult Female Athlete
Brittany Dowling and Mimi Zumwalt
Chapter17. Prevention and Management of Common Exercise-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries during Pregnancy
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling
Chapter18. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Aging Female Athlete
Mimi Zumwalt and Brittany Dowling
Chapter 19. Osteoporosis and Current Therapeutic Management
Kellie F. Flood-Shaffer
Part IV- Exercise Guidelines& Precautions for Active Females
Chapter 20. Traditional and Non-Traditional Empirically Based Exercise Programs
for Active Females
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Anna Tacon
Chapter 21. Cardiovascular Exercise Guidelines for Children and Adolescent Women
Melissa R. Iñigo and Maria Fernandez Del Valle
Chapter 22. Resistance Training Guidelines for Active Females throughout the Lifespan: Children, Adolescences, Adult Women, and the Aging Woman
Maria Fernandez del Valle and Tyrel S. McCravens
Chapter 23. Exercise Precautions for the Female Athlete: Signs of Overtraining
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Lauren Gates
Chapter 24. Excessive Exercise and Immunity: The J Shaped Curve
Carolina Chamorro-Viña, María Fernández del Valle, and Anna Tacon
Chapter 25. Screening Tools for Excessive Exercise in the Active Female
María Fernández del Valle
Chapter 26. Exercise Prescription and Pregnancy
Elvis Álvarez Carnero, Claudia Cardona Gonzalez, and Jacalyn McComb
Part V- Nutrition, Energy Balance, and Weight Control
Chapter 27. Estimating Energy Requirements
Jacalyn J. Robert McComb, Elvis Álvarez Carnero, and Eduardo Iglesias Gutiérrez
Chapter 28. Nutritional Guidelines for Active Children
Shelby D. Kloiber and Eduardo Iglesias-Gutiérrez
Chapter 29. Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for the Female Athlete:Preventing Low Energy Availability and Functional Amenorrhea through Diet
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and Ángela García González
Chapter 30. Ergogenic Aids and the Female Athlete
Shannon L. Jordan and Fernando Naclerio
Chapter 31. Nutritional Guidelines And Energy Needs During Pregnancy And Lactation
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Ángela García González, and Lesley Arbona
Chapter 32. Nutritional Guidelines, Energy Balance, and Weight Control: Issues for the Aging Active Female
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Natalia E. Bustamante-Ara, José E. Almaraz Marroquin
